Ken was discharged from hospital at around midday. Both Peter and Tracy had been at the hospital since visiting hours started and they both made sure that they really fussed over Ken and that he never had to lift a finger.
They were overjoyed with relief when the doctor came and said that their Dad could go, he explained about the medication that Ken had to take from now on and that he should take it easy for the next few days.
Tracy and Peter listened closely and once they had got him home they sat him down in his favourite armchair and put his favourite show on the TV. It wasn't long before Tracy came running in from the kitchen with a cup of tea and Ken was starting to think that he could definitely get used to this kind of treatment.
"Thank you Tracy." Ken said as he sipped his tea, Peter was sat opposite him and was looking at something on his phone, he had phoned work earlier on and to ask if it was possible for him to have the rest of the week off so that he could help to look after his Dad, Peter's boss told him that he was so pleased with all of his new ideas and hard work, that he could take as much time as he needed and that they would even pay him for it. "What time are you supposed to be viewing this flat then?" Ken asked him.
"I dunno… I was just thinking I might cancel it to be honest." Peter said sighing, he knew his Dad would be fine now that he had the correct medication but he still wasn't sure if it was the best time to be moving out after all.
"Why not?" Ken asked frowning, "It's not because of me is it?"
"No…" Peter lied.
"Are you sure? Because I'm telling you I'm fine." Ken said, "and anyway if it's as close as you say it is, you won't be too far if I do need you."
"And I'm ere anyway." Tracy insisted, although she was still not warming to the idea of Peter leaving home again.
"I know you are…" Peter said. He was still trying to think what was best, he desperately wanted to move out. He wanted to be his own man again and also be able to have a room for Simon to stay in whenever he fancied, plus he now had a girlfriend/wife to invite over as well. Peter and Carla were on the verge of sleeping together again and he knew that it defiantly wouldn't possible for him and Carla to have much of a physical relationship whilst he stayed at his Dad's.
"So you will go and see this flat then?" Ken persisted.
"Okay... I'll go and see it but I'm not making any promises." Peter said.
Peter didn't like the flat, he absolutely loved it. It was only two roads away from Coronation Street as promised and upon walking into it Peter knew that it was the perfect place for his new beginning.
It had two bedrooms, one for him and a perfect sized one for Simon, It also had a balcony so he could go out there to have a cigarette and he knew that Carla would love it out there too.
The living room was huge and had an open plan kitchen complete with a breakfast bar. The flat was like a bigger more updated version of the bookies flat he had once lived in and in the fear of someone else snapping it up before him, Peter soon found himself signing the contract.
His new landlord gave him the keys there and then and said that Peter was free to move in whenever he wanted. Peter was still a little overwhelmed at how quickly he had signed the contract but he decided there was really no time like the present and went back to his Dad's to tell him and Tracy the good news.
Ken was delighted that Peter liked the flat and that he was not letting anything stand in his way, he knew that he would miss his son but he was so proud of him and how he'd got his life back on track, that he tried not to show how said he was.
Tracy on the other hand was utterly miserable, she barley said anything when Peter told her and just shrugged and went into the kitchen on her own. She came back in to find Peter sat on his laptop, he had started ordering a few bits of furniture and had roped his Dad into helping him. Tracy watched as Peter and Ken browsed the IKEA website and it wasn't long before Peter had ordered a bed, sofa, wardrobe and a whole load of kitchenware.
"Well that's all the basics I think..." Peter said jotting down all of his orders on a bit of Paper. "Although I'm gonna ave and get a Telly from town in a bit, can't move in without that." He said because there was no way he'd move in before having a TV to watch all his favourite shows.
"Are you okay for money Peter?" Ken asked as he watched all the amounts that Peter was spending, add up.
"Yes Dad, I've been jotting down a budget and don't worry I can afford this, I've got the rent from Barlow's Buys and the flat, I was also saving when I worked down in Portsmouth so please don't worry." He said confidently, but Ken still said,
"Well I can always contribute something to this if you want?"
"No." Peter said shaking his head adamantly "I won't have you do such a thing."
"Oh please Peter, I want to do some thing, At least let me buy you something." Ken said,
"You could buy me something if you want Dad." Tracy said with a slight tone of jealousy to her voice. Ken smiled at Tracy sympathetically and said,
"Oh I will…. When you move out that is."
"Yeah don't hold your breath." Peter joked. Tracy didn't find this joke funny and she got up and left the room in a mood again. "Tracy…" Peter called after her but she just ignored him and stomped upstairs.
"Oh don't worry about Tracy…" Ken said as Peter sighed, "She's just gonna miss you that's all."
"Yeah… I'm not sure that that's it, Dad" Peter said. He was sure there was more to Tracy's behaviour but he just couldn't put his finger on it.
"So when are you going to tell Simon about your new place?" Ken asked trying to stay on a more light hearted topic because he knew that Peter was thinking a lot about Tracy and he just wanted him to stay focused on his new flat.
"I already ave, he's gonna come and see it after school."
"And Carla?" Ken asked, Peter smiled widely at the mere mention of Carla's name and said,
"Yes and Carla too."
"Now Peter as I said last night, I'm extremely happy for you but..."
"Yeah, Dad I know what you're going to say, don't hurt her, don't mess this up Peter… Trust me I have no intentions of doing any of those things." Peter insisted.
"Yes Peter but I'm sure you didn't have those intentions the first time around either." Ken said delicately. Peter stopped typing and stared at his Dad, he was offended as it sounded as if Ken didn't believe that he was going to stay faithful to Carla.
"Dad really? Why would you say that to me? I was a mess the first time around, I'd lost the bookies, me ego got bruised and suddenly and I was supposed to be someone's husband, not just some one, Carla's husband. I mean anyone could see that she is way too good for me and I knew it and I freaked out okay. Yes I made the horrible mistake of getting with Tina because of it, but things are different now, I will never ever hurt Carla again, that is a promise." Peter said, in fact he'd almost shouted it. He wanted it to be clear because he meant every single word that he'd said.
"Well I'm glad to hear it Peter but I think you've misunderstood what I'm trying to say to you. I just meant that no one knows what's going to happen in the future and whilst you are on top of the world right now, you may have days where you feel otherwise and I want you to know that if you ever do feel as if you are struggling with anything, I am always here, I'll listen to you and I'll support you through what ever you're going through." Peter's face softened and he realised that his Dad was just trying to be supportive,
"Sorry Dad and Thank you." He nodded and he reached over and gave his Dad a loving hug.
It was gone five o clock and Peter was busy showing Simon and Carla around his new flat, Simon was overjoyed that he was going to be able to have his own room there and was busy working out where he was going to put things whilst Peter took Carla out into the balcony.
"Oooohhh I love it." She said, She was standing with her back to Peter and looking down, over the balcony, onto the ground that was far below them. It was already dark as the winter months were well an truly upon them, Carla was still amazed to think that it was all the way back in July when Peter had returned and even though the months she'd spent without him, truly were some of the worst months in her life, now that he was back it really did feel like he'd never left.
"I thought you would." Peter said, wrapping his arms around her from behind and snuggling up against her happily. Even with his Dad's hospital scare last night and Tracy's moping about, he still felt euphoric where he and Carla was concerned and he wasn't going to let anyone change that.
"How's your Dad doing?" Carla asked, smiling as Peter kissed her softly on the cheek. She was also just elated as Peter was and snuggled closely to him as he stood behind her.
"He's doing okay, he's got some medication to take but he'll be fine. He's milking it for all it's worth though." Peter chuckled, "When I left he had Amy waiting on him, hand and foot."
"Good… and how's Tracy coping now that you're definitely leaving?" Carla asked.
"Not well if I'm honest, She seems a bit miserable."
"What more than usual?" Carla grinned,
"Yes." Peter smirked "More than usual, I'm gonna invite her over later and have a chat."
"Didn't you two get to talk last night then?"
"Not really, we had a cuppa and then the next time I looked Tracy was spark out on the sofa." Peter said as Simon came running out onto the balcony.
"Hey Dad can I paint my room? I don't like that boring white colour, I want it dark blue." He said, Peter let go of Carla as they headed back inside after Simon.
"I think so... I'll double check with me landlord first though." Peter said as he closed the door to his balcony.
"Cool." Simon said and he ran back into his new bedroom. Peter then opened the door to a room, which was much further away from Simon's one, he ushered Carla right over to it.
"This… is gonna be my room." He said as Carla walked into the very spacious but also very empty bedroom.
"Wow… It's big." Carla said standing in the middle of it and looking around. "So when are you planning on sorting out some furniture for this place then although I see you've got the living room priorities sorted." Carla said, because so far all that Peter had was a very large television, a new Playstation and his laptop. His kitchen was still empty and so were all the cupboards.
"Well the Playstation is more for Simon..." Peter began.
"Mmmmm sure it is." Carla nodded although they both knew Peter was bending the truth slightly and that he loved a good video game just as much as his son.
"Well I ave you know that I ordered a whole load of stuff online earlier…" Peter grinned, "Have a guess what I ordered first."
"Hmmm let me think…" Carla said pretending as if she was actually trying to guess even though the suggestive look on Peter's face made it obvious what he'd ordered first. "It wouldn't be a bed would it?"
"How on earth did you guess?" Peter said, also pretending like it wasn't totally obvious that he had made a bed his first priority. "It's not coming until tomorrow evening though, I'm afraid." Peter said, he was unable to stop himself from invading Carla's space again and wrapped both arms around the middle of her body. Carla breathed in as he pulled her against him and put both of her arms around his neck.
"Hmmm y'know at this rate, I'll make do with the wall…" She said with a smirk.
"The wall eh?" Peter chuckled.
"Well I know you said that you wanted to do things properly but I gotta be honest Peter, I'm dying for a sh-" Carla suddenly stopped talking as Simon came rushing into the empty bedroom. He rolled his eyes at his Dad and Carla when he saw them, he was so happy that they had got back together but he was beginning to get a little embarrassed at the amount of times he was seeming to interrupt these special moments between them.
"Alright Si?" Peter asked,
"Dad... can I get a telly for my room?"
"A telly? Can't you just watch the one in the living room?" Peter asked and Simon frowned at him.
"Yeah but what if I'm over ere and you wanna watch something that I don't wanna watch?"
"Well that's what we would call a first world problem son." Peter said to Simon who was still frowning.
"Maybe Santa will get you one for Christmas." Carla smiled, thinking about how close christmas was getting and that she'd probably be able to spend it with Peter and Simon.
"Santa?" Simon scoffed, he walked out of the bedroom. Carla humorously pushed Peter away from her and followed Simon back into the living room.
"What time is this movie tonight then?" Peter asked as he remembered that Carla and Simon were supposed to be at the cinema later on in the evening.
"Seven." Carla said "but we like watching the previews don't we Si? So we'll make sure we get there early just in case there's a massive queue." Simon nodded as Peter bent down and started unpacking his new television.
"Awww and ere I'll be, all alone…" Peter said almost pouting as he opened the huge box.
"Is that a hint for an invite Dad?" Simon said helping Peter to heave his new television out of the box. "You can come if you really want to."
"Hey, I never said he could come…" Carla said grinning at Simon.
"Oh charming." Peter said as he and Simon had managed to get the telly out of the box and on to the floor, he looked down at it and then at the wall where he was planning for it to have gone, only he hadn't actually bought anything to fix the television to the wall.
"Y'know... I don't think you thought this through baby." Carla said, looking down at the television that was leaning against the wall.
"I was just thinking that." Peter chuckled "The shops will still be open, maybe I'll be able to buy something for it now, you can drop me off on the way to the cinema."
"Oh I can, can I?" Carla grinned as Peter stood up straight,
"Come on if we leave now we might be able to get a quick bite to eat." He said putting on his leather jacket.
"Hmmm you know if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were just trying to muscle in on me and Si's night out." Carla said as Peter went and opened his front door.
"Have you even seen the other Hunger Games movies Dad?" Simon asked as they left Peter's new building. Peter had hold of Carla's hand as they began walking around the corner and back towards Coronation Street.
"No but that doesn't matter, it's not like I'd be watching the film anyway." Peter smirked at Carla just as suggestively as he had done before.
"Errr I actually wanna watch this movie thank you very much." Carla giggled as Peter pulled her close to him and gave her a quick kiss.
"Oh come on, it's been ages since I've been to the cinema, I promise I'll be on me best behaviour." Peter insisted as Simon decided to walk a little further ahead because he was already getting a little fed up of seeing his Dad and Carla snog.
"Yeah right, the last time I went cinema with you Peter, we ended up paying a hell of a lot more attention to each other than we did the screen." Carla said grinning.
"Well that were obviously because the film weren't entertaining enough for us." Said Peter who was still holding Carla's hand proudly.
"Yeah… Peter I don't think we even made it past the trailers." She said, "Besides tonight's all booked remember, you can come but you might not even get a seat, let alone one next to me." Carla reminded.
"Oh yeah." Peter said a little dejectedly.
"Never mind baby, with the size of your new telly, we can have our own private cinema when your new flat is all done up." Carla said sympathetically.
"Sounds like a plan." Peter said and he pulled Carla against him again for another kiss, they were back on Coronation Street by this point and almost crashed right into Michelle who was mid conversation with Simon.
"See..." Simon said as Carla giggled and Peter let go of her.
"See what?" Peter asked as Carla gave Michelle a quick hug. Michelle could instantly see how happy her best friend was, she genuinely looked as if she was on cloud nine.
"Oh Simon was just saying that you two are incredibly loved up." Michelle said with a grin. She had met Carla for breakfast in the morning and had caught up with all of the drama that had unfolded the night before.
If Carla had of told Michelle that she was giving Peter another chance when he'd first come back, she would have been very sceptical of the situation but after all the months they had spent together as friends, Michelle could see that Carla and Peter clearly adored each other and that they just had to get back together. "So where are you all off to then?" She asked.
"Cinema." Simon said excitedly, he and Carla had been looking forward to this movie since July and even though he knew what was coming because he's read the books he was still excited to see how it was all going to be portrayed on the big screen.
"Really?" Michelle said with an eyebrow raised "You're going to the cinema with these two?" Carla shook her head at her best friend and said,
"No it's just me and Si actually, Peter's off to buy a television thingy majigy."
"Oh phew…" Michelle said grinning at Simon "I was gonna say because if you two can't keep your hands off of each other in public then what are you gonna be like in a pitch black cinema?"
"And that my friend, is exactly why this man is not coming." Carla said poking Peter in the arm.
"She's just scared that if I came, she wouldn't be able to keep her hands off of me." Peter said poking Carla back.
"Yeah I really don't need to hear stuff like this." Simon said and he put his hands over his ears with a grin. Carla looked down at her watch and saw that it was almost twenty to six.
"Right we better get going if we wanna make it to the cinema and eat before hand."
"Y'know what... I'll drive myself up to the shops." Peter began "It makes no sense in me getting a lift from you if I then have to get the bus back when I'm done."
"Well you could always hang around and wait for us." Simon suggested but his Dad looked rather unenthusiastic at this idea.
"What and look like Billy no mates? No thanks, besides I wanna go and see Tracy so don't worry, I'll keep me self busy." He said. Carla nodded and Simon gave his Dad a quick hug.
"Well I guess I'll see you later then baby." Carla said going to kiss him on the cheek but Peter quickly moved in for a full on kiss, taking Carla right by surprise. Simon and Michelle both grinned at each other with raised eyebrows as Carla and Peter said goodbye to each other.
"Bye love." Peter said then Carla gave Michelle a quick kiss and after that she started to walk towards her building with Simon so that she could get her car.
"Aww you two seem really happy." Michelle said to Peter as he watched Carla and his son cross the road.
"We are…" Peter said almost entranced by Carla and Simon, who were walking side by side and obviously very excited about the movie.
"How's your Dad?" Michelle asked as her and Peter began strolling down the street.
"Yeah he's doing fine, it were just Angina thank god."
"Yeah Carla told me this morning, I'm so glad it was nothing too serious. What did he say when he heard that you were moving out, congrats on the new flat by the way."
"Ah thanks Chelle. Me Dad's actually fine with me moving out, it's Tracy I'm worried about."
"Tracy?" Michelle exclaimed, "Why?"
"Well she's just been acting a little odd that's all." Peter said lighting a cigarette as he walked alongside Michelle.
"What more odd than usual?" Michelle said, making Peter chuckle because her comment was very similar to Carla's one earlier.
"Yeah… I'm gonna have a chat with her in a bit." Peter said as they got to The Rover's.
"Well good luck Peter." Michelle said before going inside the pub. Peter decided that he would finish his cigarette and then grab Tracy for a chat, he knew that something was wrong with her he just didn't know what.
Meanwhile at the cinema it was six thirty pm and Carla and Simon were queuing up to get their snacks. They had been stuck in traffic on the way to the cinema and the. It took so long for Carla to find a parking space that they didn't even get the chance to get something proper to eat.
Their film was staring in half an hour and by the length of the queue Simon was beginning to get a little agitated that they might miss the start of the movie.
"You alright Si?" Carla asked him.
"Yeah…" Simon said quietly, he had been standing quietly with his hands in his pockets for a while now and Carla could tell that something was wrong.
"You sure?"
"Yeah… Can I ask you something?" Simon said,
"I dunno you tell me…" Carla grinned as they moved up the never-ending queue to the tills.
"Are you worried? Worried about being with me Dad again?" Simon said awkwardly, he was mighty happy that his Dad and Carla had finally got back together but he couldn't fight the little voice in his head that reminded him that his Dad might mess things up again.
"Are you?" Carla asked him intently.
"I asked you first…" Simon grinned watching Carla closely.
"Well I'm not worried that he's gonna cheat on me again, your Dad has promised me this time will be different and I believe him… I really do. It's just… I'm more worried that things might go wrong in another way and I really don't want to lose your Dad again." Carla said, then she looked at Simon's pained expression, "But it's not a big worry Si, It's not something I've actually thought about too much and I want you to know that Me and your Dad are both determined to make this work."
"Good…" Simon said and then he gave Carla a soft smile. "because I don't want to lose you."
"Trust me Si, even if the worst happened there is no way that I would stop seeing you, that is a promise alright." Carla said putting an arm around Simon.
"Alright." Simon chucked as he and Carla moved down, almost at the front of the queue now.
"So… What d'ya fancy? I'm starving so I think I'm gonna get some popcorn, some ice cream and one of those ridiculously big drinks." Carla said, Simon raised an eyebrow at how much Carla was planning to get.
"I dunno… How much is the popcorn?" He asked as he had twenty pound in his pocket that his Dad had given him earlier.
"Oh don't worry about it, this is my treat." Carla insisted.
"Thanks so much Carla." Simon said giving her a quick hug.
"You're so welcome Si, besides you better start saving, I mean you've got your own girlfriend to take out now avent you?" Carla said with a grin because Simon had finally asked Santana to be his girlfriend and she'd said yes. Simon nodded sheepishly and blushed as Carla had mentioned Santana. "Hey maybe we could double date." Carla joked with her eyes wide.
"Erghh no way." Simon protested "You and me Dad would just spend the whole time kissing, you'd put me and Santana right off our food." Carla laughed and put an arm around Simon, lovingly. "I told Santana that you and me Dad are back together though and she were well made up, She said that you two make a really good looking couple."
"Aww she is so lovely, in fact her whole family is lovely." Carla said as they were almost nearing to the front of the queue.
"Yeah they really are." Simon said quietly.
"Perfect set of in laws eh?" Carla said nudging Simon in the side and grinning.
"In laws?" Simon scoffed, he didn't want to think about getting married yet, he was only twelve.
"I'm kidding Simon." Carla said. Simon just shook his head at her and laughed as they finally got to the front of the queue. Carla ordered them both a drink each, popcorn each, an ice cream for her and some nachos for Simon. Carla paid and as the man who served them handed her the receipt he said,
"There you go, I hope you and your son enjoy the film."
"We will." Simon said smiling excitedly at Carla, She nodded proudly at and as they struggled to carry their stuff to screen number one, where their film was being shown, Carla couldn't help but smile fondly at Simon who she truly did love like he was her own.
After unintentionally going shopping for yet more things for his flat, Peter had managed to talk Tracy into coming over and helping him fix his new telly onto the wall. She arrived at his flat about fifteen minutes after he'd returned home and looked very unenthusiastic to help him out with this particular task.
"I don't know why on earth you called me over, I'm useless at this kind of stuff." Tracy said as she entered Peter's new home.
"Well I wanted you to see the place." Peter said closing the door behind her. He took her around all of the other rooms and then to the balcony. "So... what do you think?" he asked as he and Tracy were back in his living room.
"Yeah… It's alright." She said shrugging as Peter bent down and sat on the floor, he started getting all of the things that he needed to out up his new TV.
"Come on then…" Peter said ushering Tracy over to where he was sitting. She sighed and went over and sat down with Peter. "So… Are you gonna tell me what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?" Tracy asked, as Peter began fixing bits of the wall bracket that he had bought, together.
"Well you've been a bit down since last night and I just wanted to know why, I mean is this still because I'm moving out?"
"Oh don't flatter yourself." Tracy scoffed.
"Well what is it then?" He asked, Tracy sighed again and then rolled her eyes at her brother's nosiness, she knew that Peter wasn't going to let her get away with this surly mood for much longer.
"Well it's more you and Carla then you moving out..." Tracy began "Don't get me wrong and I'll deny it if anyone asks but... I really like Carla. It's just… seeing you two together again it makes me sad, I mean your both so happy and makes me remember that I'm just not." Peter watched Tracy sympathetically as she sat before him, he'd never seen her like that before and even though it was upsetting to see, it still warmed his heart to see that even Tracy had a sensitive side.
"You miss Rob don't you?" Peter said softly as Tracy wiped away stray tear that had somehow managed to fall down her cheek. She nodded and sniffed hard,
"Yeah… I know everyone must be thinking that I'm over him because of the whole Tony thing but that was just a power trip, we were just playing games, he was a distraction. Rob was the one." Tracy said
"I know he was." Peter said putting down the bits off the wall bracket that he had been fixing so he could put an arm around his sister instead.
"We were supposed to be married, we were supposed to be happy." She cried, she hadn't meant it to come out the way it had did, like she was blaming Peter for the fact that Rob wasn't around anymore.
"I'm sorry Tracy." Peter said forlornly.
"I'm not…" She said, "I mean I do miss Rob like crazy but if Carla hadn't of ruined my wedding and called the police then... I wouldn't have you."
"Me…" Peter smiled and Tracy nodded.
"Yeah… As much as you get on me nerves and as much as I'll deny saying this as well… I love you so much, I don't know what I would have done without you here over the past few months and I'd choose you over Rob any day of the week."
"I love you too Tracy." Peter said, smiling at Tracy warmly and giving another heart-warming hug. She sniffed once more and wiped her eyes and said,
"I don't want you worrying over me, Okay? I just need to get over me self and concentrate on Amy." Peter nodded at her as she leant forward and picked up one of the tools that Peter needed to attach his Tv to the wall. "Right... so where on earth do we begin with this then?" Peter grinned at her and shrugged.
"I ave no idea." he said.
After reading the instructions three times they managed to complete the task in under half an hour. Afterwards Tracy and Peter went to Ken's and began moving Peter's bits and bobs over to his new flat. It was a lot of hard work and eventually Peter had had enough of moving for one day and made him self cosy on the sofa at his Dad's. It was almost half past ten before he'd received a text message from Simon saying that Carla had just dropped him home from the cinema. Tracy was asleep on the arm chair and In the hope of running into Carla, Peter quickly left his Dad's house. Sure enough he bumped into her right outside.
"Oh ello, fancy seeing you ere." Carla said smiling at him eagerly.
"I know what are the chances eh?" Peter said grinning and putting his arm around Carla. "So… Did you and Si enjoy the movie then?"
"Yeah it were amazing, it were kind of like the end of an era though, me and Si started watching those movies just before you came back. I reckon Si was a little upset that it was all over to be honest, he were dead quiet on the way home, so I decided that me n him are gonna go to the cinema at least once a month." Carla said, snuggling up to Peter in the cold November weather.
"And there you go not inviting me again." Peter said pouting like a jealous child, Carla laughed at him as they'd got to the corner of the street. "I must say though, the idea of you and Simon spending so much time together really does warm the old heart." He then realised that he and Carla were just stood rather awkwardly outside the pub.
"So… What's happening now then?" Carla asked,
"Well I know that we had an appointment with my bedroom wall but I'd much prefer going back to your place? I mean at least there's somewhere for us to sleep." Peter said because he was feeling rather knackered after the day he'd had.
"Mmmm... you read me mind." Carla said and she dragged Peter across the street by his jacket.
They hadn't even been in Carla's flat for even two minutes before Carla's buzzer went off.
"Ohhh you've got to be kidding me." Peter groaned as he and Carla were just in the middle of taking off each other's coats.
"Ignore it…" Carla said throwing Peter's leather jacket on the floor and kissing him roughly on the lips. Her buzzer went off twice more before Carla sighed and answered it. "Yes…" She said irately, hoping who ever it was would take the hint that she was angry.
"Mrs Connor it's Sally, I'm sorry to bother you so late but I was just reading through the Denning contract and there's a couple of things that I really think you should see." Carla almost swore out loud when she heard that it was Sally Webster at her door.
"Can't you just email em to me Sal?" She asked as Peter took off his top, it had been a very long time since Carla had proper looked at Peter's body, she looked him up and down and her eyes widened excitedly, he grinned at her and nodded towards her bedroom.
"Well it would probably be easier for me to point them out to you seeing as I'm here, I just think we need this all sorted by the morning as I know that you have a meeting with them first thing." Carla bit her lip as Sally was right, she did have a meeting first thing and even though Peter was now half naked in her living room, she knew that if she wanted this meeting to go smoothly, she'd have to let Sally in.
"Okay come up Sally." Carla sighed, pressing the button and letting Sally enter the building much to Peter's disappointment.
"What?" He cried as Carla picked up his jacket and his white T-shirt.
"Baby I ave to sort this out okay?" She gave him his clothes and laughed as he shook his head.
"I'm not getting dressed again." He said, shaking his head at Carla, as there was a knock on her door. "Don't let her in." Peter hissed grabbing Carla around the waist and kissing her on the neck.
"Peter!" She giggled and pushed him away "I ave to, go and wait for me in there." She said pushing Peter towards her bedroom.
"And what if I don't?" Peter said as Carla ran a hand through her hair and walked towards her front door.
"Well it's either that or let Sally Webster see just how excited you are to be ere." Carla glanced down with a smirked before going to open her door. Peter realised that he didn't know Sally well enough for that kind of embarrassment, or anyone else for that matter. He quickly dashed into the bedroom as Sally walked inside Carla's flat.
"Oh I do hope I'm not interrupting something." She said awkwardly as Carla's bedroom, door slammed shut, making it obvious that someone else was in the flat with her.
"Let's just get this contract sorted eh?" Carla said.
It took a lot longer than Carla had expected for Sally to show her the bits of the contract that she was concerned with. As much as Sally could be a pain she was rather good at her job and it turn out that this contract was full of errors, some of which Carla had noticed earlier but some that even she had missed.
As Sally went on and on, Carla was becoming more and more impatient, it was getting hard for her to concentrate knowing that an almost naked, if not fully naked by now, Peter was on the other side of her bedroom door waiting for her. She was so distracted at one point that Sally stopped talking and said a very concerned
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm just… tired." Carla said, snapping back to reality. Eventually though, Sally had got to the end and Carla thanked her for doing such a good job. Once Sally had finally left and Carla had locked the door behind her, she practically ran towards her bedroom. She bounded into it expecting Peter to be more than ready for her but he wasn't.
Peter was lying on his front, in his boxers fast asleep.
"Typical." Carla sighed disappointedly but she couldn't help but smile at the sight of Peter snoozing so peacefully. She knew that he'd had very busy day and she also knew in the morning he would curse her for not waking him up but she still took off her dress, got into Peter's white T-shirt that he'd left on the floor and then snuggled into bed beside him.
I hope you enjoyed that chapter and that you are all still interested in this story.
Make sure you all leave reviews as I still really enjoying hearing your thoughts.
I'm away next weekend but if the Hotel has Wi-Fi then I should still be able to update this but if not,
it might have to wait until Monday when I'm back.
:)